Life's Finale Discussion

2 days ago

I would try to add some more red cards personally to have a more even mana spread as you don't want to ever be locked out of any cards unless you want to only splash red (although red has lots of good cards such as seen below)

3 weeks ago

I would suggest more ramp artifacts like Dimir Amulet and a couple of more lands. I would also suggest more wrath effects cards like
Damnation
and its cheaper, but still great, alternatives like
Life's Finale
. I see that you put some bounce effects cards like
Cyclonic Rift
but for example
Tragic Slip
could be easily replaced by a mass removal. The two things i want to stress out are: 1) try not to miss land drop and try to ramp as fast as possible, 2) mass removals to get rid of all your opponents' threats.

For the rest i see you put in some tutor cards, some cards to protect your commander. I would also add some draw engine like
Rhystic Study
,
Phyrexian Arena
and similar cards just to be sure you draw enough cards.

1 month ago

So first off I just want to say sorry if you have a budget and I recommend some cards outside of price range, but here are some suggestions from me:

Cards to take out

Murder
I get that you say that there aren't many planeswalkers in your meta, but sometimes just having the option to hit them on a card that is the same mana cost and does everything else
Murder
does is just a better option like
Hero's Downfall
or like you said you fight voltron decks like
Zurgo Helmsmasher
a card like
Vraska's Contempt
is a better removal card as it exiles or only one more colorless mana.

Isareth the Awakener
while she is a reanimator, she also exiles the cards when they leave the battlefield which can hurt if you reanimate something you don't want to lose.

Lotleth Giant
- sounds like a good card when you first look at it but it requires set up and costs 7 mana. Not ideal.

Open the Graves
now here me out on this one, this card is really good in a deck that wants to sacrifice their own creatures, but this looks to be more token focused which means that majority of your creatures that die don't have
Open the Graves
to trigger.

Bontu's Monument
it is a good card but it looks like you are going to try and cast more non-creature spells than creature spells

1 month ago

1 month ago

I find
Life's Finale
works well with Tariel - not only are board wipes appreciated, you can also put your opponent's three best creatures straight into his graveyard from his library, giving Tariel a chance to bring them back later. Likewise,
Magewright's Stone
and
Thousand-Year Elixir
gives Tariel more chances to reanimate creatures every turn.
Swiftfoot Boots
and
Lightning Greaves
let her get moving a turn earlier and provide some much-needed protection, too!

2 months ago

so on tcgplayer the deck is $4.51, you can add some board wipes that target all creatures or everything, like
Life's Finale
,
Plague Wind
, or
Decree of Pain
, some are more than .25c but you can remove a few lands and stay under 10, I bought and played the deck and this is where some of its weaknesses were, not enough things to destroy enchantments and get rid of a board full of creatures, especially if someone has an enchantment that doesn't let you target their creatures

Things to cut for your counterspells,
Dread Summons
yes,
Dark Salvation
yes,
Living Death
no. The last one is really to good to cut, especially if you gonna keep your opponents graveyards empty of value with your commander.
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
I would cut as well, since he wants to sac stuff, but your ethernalized creatures will be gone forever if you sac him to grimgrin. If you really need a sac outlet I would go for Yahenni, since she can survive boardwhipes.

Other slot's im not so sure about are:
Midnight Reaper
and i'm sorry
Bontu's Monument
The monument does not provide any bonus in activating your God more than once, only provides a discount on casting spells. A true mana rock would be a better choice for this slot, since it can be used for both!
Mind Stone
for example. The lifeloss the monument gives, your commander will provide as well. Don't forget about
Paradox Haze
wich gives you 2 upkeeps ;)

Hope this helps again! And you know where to find me if you want to discuss some more! :)

Life's Finale occurrence in decks from the last year

Commander / EDH:

All decks: 0.02%

Black: 0.17%

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